Story critical of Rick Perry removed from Daily Beast web site

President Barack Obama gives a “hook ‘em horns” sign as he starts a speech at Gregory Gym at the University of Texas in Austin on Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

This post by David Rauf first appeared on our sister blog Texas Politics.

Media mogul Tina Brown’s the Daily Beast website yanked a column over the weekend penned by a University of Texas at Austin law student that was critical of Gov. Rick Perry.

The piece, which ran with the headline “Rick Perry’s War Against the University of Texas,” blasts Perry’s plan to reform UT and dives into the “political brawl” between the governor and university alumni that launched an attack ad.

Over the weekend, the piece was quietly scuttled from the Web. On Monday, the Daily Beast explained why in a short post:

“This weekend we posted an item here on Gov. Rick Perry and the University of Texas. The author has accepted a position as a law clerk, and on reflection decided that the expression of such political opinions was inconsistent with his work commitments. The article has been removed.”

The author of the piece, Jeb Golinkin, followed that up with an explanation of his own via Twitter in response to questions about why it was pulled down. Pieced together through a series of tweets, here’s Golinkin’s response:

“I stand by what I said. However, in light of the fact that I will be clerking after law school, I felt it best if that we remove it. It’s an important issue. I think what I wrote made an impact, but I didn’t want to distract from my next job. Hopefully those who read it enjoyed it and it stirred debate on the subject.”

A little background on Golinkin: He’s a columnist for the political website TheWeek.com, and has also spent time as a legal clerk in 2012 at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in 2012, according to his LinkedIn account. He was a reporting intern at the Houston Chronicle from 2005 to 2007.